January 27, 2012
Businesses and individuals worried about alleged .xxx cybersquatters have filed more complaints under one of the specific .xxx arbitration systems than under the UDRP
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January 27, 2012
Lawyers have criticised a planned overhaul of data protection rules in Europe, saying it will lead to much greater burdens for businesses
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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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January 27, 2012
The European Parliament’s rapporteur for the international anti-counterfeiting deal ACTA has resigned after the agreement was signed by the EU and a group of its member states
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January 27, 2012
How many questions on the week's IP news can you answer?
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January 26, 2012
Rights holders will have powers to demand that ISPs in Ireland block websites accused of infringing copyright if the government amends legislation before the end of January
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January 26, 2012
The Federal Circuit has ruled that the words “computer-aided” do not limit a claim for a method of managing a credit application meaningfully enough to make it patent-eligible
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January 26, 2012
Just months after the mega-deals for Nortel and Motorola patents, Interdigital has failed to find a bidder for its portfolio. Is the patent boom over already?
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January 25, 2012
President Obama Tuesday night devoted a portion of his annual State of the Union address to promise tougher anti-piracy enforcement
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January 25, 2012
Pfizer has succeeded in preventing Polish company Viaguara from registering its name as a Community trade mark for energy drinks and alcohol
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January 25, 2012
Shoe maker Christian Louboutin took his legal fight to save his red sole trade mark to a new level yesterday as judges in New York began hearing arguments in his dispute with rival designer Yves Saint Laurent
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January 24, 2012
IP owners in Germany and China can now apply to have their patent applications examined more quickly after the German Patent and Trademark Office and China’s State Intellectual Property Office launched a patent prosecution highway yesterday.
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January 24, 2012
Registrants would have exclusive rights to buy groups of .ca domains containing French-language characters under proposals by Canada's national registry
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January 24, 2012
What role do patent applications play in the growth of cities? Evidence from the UK and China suggests there are lessons to learn for urban planners and innovators
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January 23, 2012
The seven men from former file-sharing company Megaupload who are charged with copyright infringement could face a “very quick” US district court trial if they are extradited from New Zealand
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January 23, 2012
When a business goes bust, it is the employees and investors who bear the brunt. But pity too the trade mark attorneys who find that their client lists have suddenly shrink
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